I forced myself to do some more Pagos. My goal for this week is 25 (nearly there) and then I'll ignore it until Tuesday. The experience from chaining is better than I originally thought once you get away from the train and leechers, but it's still just way too slow and grinding mobs is monotonous. I'm only getting through it by mentally checking out, basically just putting myself on a total autopilot to the point that I'm not even consciously aware of the game happening in front of me. NMs are really what made Anemos flow and be at least moderately fun and feel somewhat rewarding. I had no issues with Anemos. An insane mob grind in a game that was never set up to reward, let alone encourage, grinding though is just awful. If as a casual this is the only sort of content I have to look forward to in 4.4, I'll probably unsub again and just not come back.